On Call to a Nation

On Call to a Nation

Health and Social Care | BBC | 1958 | 1'11'53''

Casting real doctors instead of actors, this film uses scripted scenarios and interviews to see the National Health Service through their eyes. The docum...

The Town That Thread Built

The Town That Thread Built

Art and Design | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'06''

Documentary telling the story of J & P Coats, initially a cotton mill opened in Paisley in 1826 that went on to become one of the world's three bi...

Episode 3 | Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Episode 3 | Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Sociology | BBC Two | 2020 | 58'54''

This final episode follows staff and claimants at Bolton Jobcentre. New claimant Paula is stunned to realise that she ...

Episode 2 | Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Episode 2 | Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Sociology | BBC Two | 2020 | 58'56''

At Toxteth jobcentre, manager Gemma is under pressure to ensure her staff meet new claimants every week until they get...

Episode 1 | Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Episode 1 | Universal Credit: Inside the Welfare State

Sociology | BBC Two | 2020 | 59'16''

At Peckham Jobcentre in London, Rachel has recently moved onto Universal Credit after leaving her 27-year NHS career t...

Jobs for the Boys? | Panorama

Jobs for the Boys? | Panorama

Ethnicity and social inequality | BBC One | 2013 | 28'49''

Former England and Arsenal footballer Sol Campbell investigates why the unemployment rate for young black British men is roughly double that of...

Cathy Come Home | The Wednesday Play

Cathy Come Home | The Wednesday Play

British Cinema | BBC One | 1966 | 1'17'23''

Landmark 1960s TV play about a young couple and their children who are cruelly overtaken by events which lead them into an unrelenting t...

01: Dundee – Drug Death Capital | Darren McGarvey’s Scotland

01: Dundee – Drug Death Capital | Darren McGarvey’s Scotland

Distribution of health chances | BBC Scotland | 2019 | 28'57''

In 2018 Dundee was the drug death capital of Europe - Darren McGarvey goes behind the headlines to f...

British Family Life in the 1980s – Part 2 | The British Family

British Family Life in the 1980s – Part 2 | The British Family

Family and Households | BBC Two | 2010 | 6'33''

Describes the increase in single parent families.

British Family Life in the 1980s – Part 1 | The British Family

British Family Life in the 1980s – Part 1 | The British Family

Family and Households | BBC Two | 2010 | 8'40''

Describes the impact of money and wealth on women's place in the family. Working women and a rise in sin...

Poverty In Britain; Unemployment As A Choice | Thinking Allowed

Poverty In Britain; Unemployment As A Choice | Thinking Allowed

Social class | BBC Radio 4 | 2015 | 27'58''

Laurie Taylor discusses the largest ever survey of UK levels of deprivation. Plus new research on people who ...

05: I’m On The Pavement Thinking About The Government | Almost Grown

05: I’m On The Pavement Thinking About The Government | Almost Grown

Distribution of political participation | BBC Two | 1990 | 39'22''

This episode looks at the teenager as a force for political change, including black consciousness,...

03: Money | The British Family

03: Money | The British Family

Family and Households | BBC Two | 2010 | 59'14''

Kirsty Young explores the impact of money on British families. She charts the 1980s and 1990s when our pursuit of cash and career had a deep e...
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